CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-based developers Childress Klein and Crosland Southeast have begun construction on The Hub, a six-story, 154,000-square-foot office building within the Waverly in south Charlotte. Designed by RJT+R, the building will feature exposed ceilings; modern lobbies and restrooms; a four-level, 840-space parking garage; and flexible floor plans. The Waverly is a 90-acre mixed-use development located at the intersection of Providence and Ardrey Kell roads. General contractor Shelco LLC expects to deliver The Hub in May 2017. Childress Klein and Crosland Southeast are co-developing the office building, the first of two within Waverly, in partnership with the Matthews family.
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Eastern Union Funding Arranges $30.3M Acquisition Loan for Apartment Complex in Georgia
by John Nelson
WARNER ROBINS, GA. — Eastern Union Funding has arranged a $30.3 million acquisition loan for the purchase of Amber Place, a 392-unit multifamily apartment building located at 6080 Lakeview Road in Warner Robins. Built in 2007, Amber Place comprises one- to three-bedroom rental apartments averaging 1,215 square feet. Community amenities include a clubhouse, movie theater, sauna, two pools and detached garages. The borrower is CiTYR Group, an Israeli-based property investor with offices in London and New Jersey. Michael Muller and Mike Orlik of Eastern Union placed the 12-year, fixed-rate loan through Arbor Commercial Mortgage. The loan features three years of interest-only payments, followed by a 30-year amortization schedule.
Phillips Realty Capital Secures $24M Loan for Renovated Apartment Community in Downtown Richmond
by John Nelson
RICHMOND, VA. — Phillips Realty Capital has secured a $24 million loan for 8th & Main Apartments, an adaptive reuse apartment community located in downtown Richmond. The property features 195 loft residences with one-, two- and four-bedroom layouts; nearly 10,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, the majority of which has been leased to Apple REIT; a rooftop swimming pool and terrace; and a fitness center. Charles DuBose structured the loan on behalf of the borrower, The Monument Cos. Monument converted the former Morris Plan Bank and office building into a Class A apartment community using Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits.
MARIETTA, GA. — Avison Young has arranged a nearly 62,000-square-foot lease for office space at 1600 Terrell Mill Road in Marietta, a northwest suburb of Atlanta. The tenant, First Data Corp., is a publicly traded finance technology firm. First Data signed the seven-year lease agreement with the undisclosed owner. Ben Parker, Rick Nash and Jillian Woodliff of Avison Young’s Atlanta office represented the owner in the lease transaction.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — McShane Construction Co. has broken ground on a 56,300-square-foot office and showroom property for TRUMPF, a German manufacturer of fabricating equipment and industrial lasers. The asset will be located on a five-acre site within the Huntington 90 business park in Hoffman Estates, a suburb of Chicago. Berlin-based architect Barkow Leibinger designed the asset, which will feature 30,250 square feet of office space, a 26,050-square-foot open showroom, central courtyard and parking for 50 vehicles. McShane Construction plans to deliver the building in the summer of 2017. Heitman Architects Inc. is serving as the architect of record for the project.
LOMBARD, ILL. — Brennan Investment Group LLC has purchased the Woodlake Corporate Park located at 900 Parkview Blvd. in Lombard, roughly 21 miles west of Chicago. The seven-building, 262,697-square-foot is situated within Chicago’s East-West Tollway submarket. The 35-acre business park is in close proximity to I-355 and O’Hare International Airport. The sales price and seller were undisclosed.
LAKE GENEVA, WIS. — Marcus Hotels & Resorts, a division of The Marcus Corp., plans to add 29 all-season villas to the Grand Geneva Resort & Spa in Lake Geneva. The resort features 355 guest rooms, as well as 225 suites at Timber Ridge Lodge & Waterpark. Villa guests will have access to all the amenities of the resort in addition to their own outdoor swimming pool during the summer and six fire pits. The villas will feature studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans with a kitchen, fireplace, flat screen TV and a washer and dryer. Half of the villas will be available beginning in March 2017, and the remaining units will be open by June 2017. The 1,300-acre Grand Geneva Resort features two championship golf courses, The Mountain Top ski and snowboard facility, horseback riding, three restaurants and 62,000 square feet of meeting and convention space.
WEST SAINT PAUL, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $3.9 million sale of Wentworth Plaza, a 12,793-square-foot retail property located at 1590 S. Robert St. in West Saint Paul. National retailers occupy about 75 percent of Wentworth Plaza. Matthew Hazelton, Sean Doyle, Cory Villaume and Adam Prins of Marcus & Millichap’s Minneapolis office represented the seller, a regional developer/owner, in the transaction. The team also secured the buyer, a limited liability company.
Faris Lee Investments Completes $2.6M Sale of Retail Property Leased to CVS in Indiana
by John Nelson
ANDERSON, IND. — Faris Lee Investments has completed the $2.6 million sale of a freestanding, 10,125-square-foot, single-tenant retail property triple net-leased to CVS/pharmacy in Anderson. Built in 1998, the property is situated on 1.7 acres at 2419 Nichol Ave. at the intersection of Nichol Avenue/State Road 32 and Raible Avenue. CVS/pharmacy has two years remaining on its lease. Jeff Conover of Faris Lee Investments represented the seller, Indiana-based Copper Development, in the transaction. Nick Cuneo of Clement Partners represented the 1031 exchange buyer, Cuneo Trust.
LOS ANGELES — Gramercy Property Trust and TPG Real Estate have formed Strategic Office Partners, a platform that will acquire single-tenant office assets in high-growth U.S. metro regions. The platform’s inaugural purchase was a six-property office portfolio valued at $187.5 million. The portfolio contains a total of 1 million square feet of single-tenant, net lease office assets in metro Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay and San Diego. It also includes assets in Nashville and Minneapolis. The buildings have an average tenant tenure of more than 11 years. Half of the assets have been occupied by the original tenant since the buildings were constructed. The weighted average remaining lease term was 3.6 years at closing. Gramercy and TPG committed $400 million to the new venture and secured a $200 million non-recourse credit facility from Morgan Stanley. Strategic Office Partners plans to buy up to $1 billion in assets over a three-year period.